OBIT: Emma (LICHTY) HOOVER, 1945, native of Somerset County, PA

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EMMA HOOVER

  Mrs. Emma (Lichty) Hoover, aged 90 years, 7 months, 16 days, died at 2:15 
Saturday, Aug. 4, at the home of her son, Isaiah Hoover, Meyersdale R.D. 3, 
where she had resided for the last two years.
  She was born on Dec. 18, 1854, in Elk Lick Twp., a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Jonathan Lichty.  She was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
  Surviving are nine children - Isaiah, mentioned above; Elijah, Garrett R.D.; 
Harry, Somerset; Mrs. William H. Werner, Rockwood R.D.; Mrs. Edward C. Weimer, 
Indian Head, Pa.; Mrs. Roy C. Snyder and Mrs. Dallas Klink, both of Rockwood; 
Mrs. Trevor James, Johnstown, and Mrs. Noah Heiple, Somerset.
  Funeral services were held Monday, at 2 p.m. at the Konhaus Funeral Chapel, 
Meyersdale, Rev. Kenneth Ashman officiating.  Burial in the Rockwood IOOF 
Cemetery.
  Mrs. Hoover leaves 164 lineal descendants - nine children, 51 grandchildren, 
95 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.

Meyersdale Republican, August 9, 1945